I think every New Mexican would love that every able-bodied adult would have meaningful employment.

It seems to me that you have found many ways to have flexibility in the programs and make it difficult to enroll and to reach as few people as possible.

we are now the most food insecure for children in the country and nearly the most food insecure for adults in the country.

I completely disagree with you about that.

When there aren't enough jobs to go around, do we tell these kids and these families, 'I am sorry, you will be hungry'?

I think it is important that this Committee be clear that when we talk about flexibility and reform, and it sounds like it is a good thing, but in reality it could mean kicking off the very people we are trying to protect.

But those don't require work programs.

So let's focus on the work requirements.

In New Mexico, you have managed to cut TANF benefits and reduce the number of participants in the program by 35 percent.

We've seen the impacts of global warming firsthand in New Mexico. Prolonged droughts, more frequent wildfires and increased threats to forests and agriculture present some of the biggest economic and public health challenges we face in our…

Senator Udall's efforts with regard to water efficiency are something that we all should be concerned about.

I'm going to keep pushing the Forest Service and the USDA on this issue until I'm confident we've got a fleet that we can be proud of.

Timber contracts can absolutely be a useful tool for reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfires.

I think their legislation is probably the most promising, bipartisan solution that I've seen for, well, since we started seeing this, sort of, climate induced fire cycle that seems to get worse every year in both treated and untreated…

I'm going to keep pushing to ensure that 2018 fiscal year, is the latest we see those aircraft.

Twice, New Mexico Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich brought the proposition to the people of Donna Ana County and the people rejected the idea.

I applaud that you've introduced new initiatives so that your productivity is better, but now we're minimizing.

We urge Congress to continue to fund the Native American CDFI Assistance Initiative program at the $15 million level.